Expect the rain and thunderstorms to continue today and into tonight, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.

The storms could have gusty winds and heavy downpours.

Today’s high will be near 74 degrees with a low tonight around 47 degrees.

Thursday’s high of 87 degrees at the West Michigan Regional Airport ties the record high set in 1993.

It was a warm night. The temperature just before midnight was 80 degrees.

The rain came after midnight. So far today, Holland has recorded 0.63 inch of rain.

The clouds and rain should be gone by Saturday, though, for a sunny, comfortable Muziekparade that starts at 2 p.m. The parade heads down Eighth Street from Columbia Avenue to Van Raalte Avenue and includes 4,000 participants in more than 170 entries.

The high will be about 62 degrees.

There is a chance of rain Sunday and Monday with highs in the lower 70s expected.

There is still a little ice left on northern Lake Michigan — 1.8 percent of the lake has ice, according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.

The Great Lakes are 14.1 percent covered with ice with Lake Superior at 31.3 percent ice cover.